Old Kings Head is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. House. 4 related planning applications.
Old Kings Head
- WRENN ID
- keen-screen-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Kings Head, Cambridge Road, Quendon and Rickling, CB11 3XJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 514 305
- Coordinates
- 51.95242, 0.20172
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Kings Head is an early 18th century timber-framed and plastered house. It originally functioned as The Kings Head Inn. The building has two storeys and a six-window front, featuring double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. Two entrance doors are present, each with pilasters and flat hoods. A rectangular panel displaying the date 1721, surmounted by a cup in half relief, is situated near the eaves in the centre of the upper storey. The roof is tiled.
Local climate
Old Kings Head sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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